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Okinawa & Japan's Southwest Islands

By: Jo Davey

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Okinawa & Japan's Southwest Islands

By: Jo Davey

Brand new from Bradt is Okinawa and Japan’s Southwest Islands, the sole travel guidebook dedicated to the archipelago stretching from the southern tip of mainland Japan to Taiwan, whose landscapes include award-winning beaches, coral reefs, tropical jungles and ancient forests. This guide contains all the detailed information that travellers need to get the most out of their visit, from accommodation and restaurants to transport and sights. Japan expert Jo Davey complements this with rich context and entertaining insights to help readers understand this fascinating region, covering culture, recipes, architectural highlights, historical episodes and traditional folktales. Japan’s Southwest Islands are a remote but rewarding and geographically diverse area that comprises the Satsunan Islands (formed of the Osumi and Amami islands) and the Ryukyu Islands (consisting of the Okinawa, Kerama, Miyako and Yaeyama islands). The capital city of Naha on Okinawa-honto is a bright and busy hub of history, art, karate and food. Thanks to its many US military bases and post-war occupation by the US, Naha is a fusion of Japanese and American culture. In contrast, the more remote islands preserve traditional Ryukyuan life with festivals, architecture, traditional accommodation and religious sites. Depending where you travel, you can dive with manta rays off Iriomote or kayak along its jungle rivers, hike through Yakushima’s ancient forest, search for star sand on Taketomi, pay tribute to the fallen of World War II at museums and monuments on Okinawa-honto, cycle between Miyako’s award-winning beaches, take home a chunk of rope from the world’s largest tug-of-war (in Naha) or go whale watching off the Kerama Islands. Wherever you go, the islands’ amazing food – known for being the world’s healthiest cuisine – can be found throughout the archipelago. As well as dedicated chapters covering each island group, the book also provides a glimpse into the ‘gateway cities’ of Tokyo and Kagoshima, with coverage that highlights little-known areas, activities, accommodation and restaurants. Throughout, extensive practical information includes transport, seasonality, itineraries, visas and budgeting. Whether you come for culture or cuisine, karate or nature, diving or trekking, let Bradt’s Okinawa and Japan’s Southwest Islands be your guide.

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Bradt Travel Guides

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1784776823

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9781784776824

Seven Goddesses of the Hellenistic World

Ancient Worship for Modern Times

By: Jo Graham

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Seven Goddesses of the Hellenistic World

Ancient Worship for Modern Times

By: Jo Graham

In this book, Jo Graham introduces you to the history and mythology of seven Hellenistic goddesses and teaches you how to work with each one in your spiritual practice. With the help of these powerful deities, you can improve your luck, resilience, teamwork, transformation, and more. Through stories, journal prompts, meditations, and rituals, Jo encourages you to explore your personal connection to each goddess. Draw on Athena's wisdom to bring clarity to your endeavors. Embody the power of a ruling queen with a rite to honor Atargatis. And, enjoy all shades of love under Aphrodite's guidance. With this book, you can apply the ancient—but still relevant—lessons of Tyche, Isis, Epona, Cybele, and others for a more inspired devotional experience and empowered life.

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Llewellyn Worldwide

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0738767425

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9780738767420

The Psychology of Visual Illusion

By: J. O. Robinson

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The Psychology of Visual Illusion

By: J. O. Robinson

Well-rounded perspective on the ambiguities of visual display emphasizes geometrical optical illusions: framing and contrast effects, distortion of angles and direction, and apparent "movement" of images. 240 drawings. 1972 edition.

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Courier Corporation

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0486151182

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The Human Cosmos

Civilization and the Stars

By: Jo Marchant

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The Human Cosmos

Civilization and the Stars

By: Jo Marchant

A Best Book of 2020 (NPR) A Best Book of 2020 (The Economist) A Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020 (Smithsonian) A Best Science and Technology Book of 2020 (Library Journal) A Must-Read Book to Escape the Chaos of 2020 (Newsweek) Starred review (Booklist) Starred review (Publishers Weekly) A historically unprecedented disconnect between humanity and the heavens has opened. Jo Marchant's book can begin to heal it. For at least 20,000 years, we have led not just an earthly existence but a cosmic one. Celestial cycles drove every aspect of our daily lives. Our innate relationship with the stars shaped who we are—our art, religious beliefs, social status, scientific advances, and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. It's a disconnect with a dire cost. Our relationship to the stars and planets has moved from one of awe, wonder and superstition to one where technology is king—the cosmos is now explored through data on our screens, not by the naked eye observing the natural world. Indeed, in most countries, modern light pollution obscures much of the night sky from view. Jo Marchant's spellbinding parade of the ways different cultures celebrated the majesty and mysteries of the night sky is a journey to the most awe-inspiring view you can ever see: looking up on a clear dark night. That experience and the thoughts it has engendered have radically shaped human civilization across millennia. The cosmos is the source of our greatest creativity in art, in science, in life. To show us how, Jo Marchant takes us to the Hall of the Bulls in the caves at Lascaux in France, and to the summer solstice at a 5,000-year-old tomb at Newgrange, Ireland. We discover Chumash cosmology and visit medieval monks grappling with the nature of time and Tahitian sailors navigating by the stars. We discover how light reveals the chemical composition of the sun, and we are with Einstein as he works out that space and time are one and the same. A four-billion-year-old meteor inspires a search for extraterrestrial life. The cosmically liberating, summary revelation is that star-gazing made us human.

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Penguin

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0593183045

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The Calorie Counter, 5th Edition

By: Jo-Ann Heslin,Karen J Nolan

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The Calorie Counter, 5th Edition

By: Jo-Ann Heslin,Karen J Nolan

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Simon and Schuster

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1416566678

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The Story of Life & the Environment

By: Jo van As

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The Story of Life & the Environment

By: Jo van As

The Story of Life & the Environment – an African perspective is about the fragile miracle of life. It’s a celebration of the Earth’s rich and wonderful diversity – the species, populations, communities and ecosystems that surround us – and of nature’s resilience. It unpacks the three major ecosystems: fresh water, the ocean and the land, and the teeming life each supports on and around Africa. It discusses evolution and the ever-branching tree of life; how systems work, how populations expand and contract, and how all the elements of life interact. And it tells the story of how humans originated in Africa, and how we have evolved to become modern people. The book sounds a warning about our human impact on the planet, which is fostering rapid climate change, as well as massive over-consumption and depletion of resources. The book is also about responsible planning and management of our environment and natural resources to redress damage and ensure sustainability. This is the story of life and the environment in Africa.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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1920544542

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South Korea’s Wild Ride

The Big Shifts in Foreign Policy from 2013 to 2022

By: Gilbert Rozman,Sue Mi Terry,Eun A Jo

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South Korea’s Wild Ride

The Big Shifts in Foreign Policy from 2013 to 2022

By: Gilbert Rozman,Sue Mi Terry,Eun A Jo

Rozman, Terry, and Jo analyze the geopolitical shifts in South Korea’s policies toward its neighbors and allies over the course of the Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in administrations into the early years of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. 2013 to 2022 was a tumultuous decade in South Korean politics and especially in its foreign policy. Through two changes of its own presidency, as well as the rise and fall of the Trump administration in the United States, South Korea’s politicians and diplomats have pursued different attempts at bridge-building with North Korea, before arriving at a more cautious and defensive position. The authors track the different attempts by Park and Moon to pursue increasingly optimistic attempts at reconciliation, and how they were thwarted by excessive idealism, domestic divisions, and broader great power rivalries—notably including Russia, China, and Japan. An essential guide to understanding the trajectory of South Korean foreign policy, for students of Korean politics as well as scholars and policy practitioners.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000956792

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9781000956795

Confessions of a Unificationist

By: Jo Ann Crooks

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Confessions of a Unificationist

By: Jo Ann Crooks

Most of the past publicity about the Unification Church (Unification Movement), and Reverend Moon has been negative. Jo Ann attempts to give an understanding of what this movement is all about, based on her experiences, and as seen through her eyes, and explain what made her and thousands of American young people join this movement. She also tries to give a basic understanding of the Divine Principle (the teachings of Reverend Moon). She says, "I believe if the world knew even the basics of the Principle, we could see the way to peace on earth, as we could overcome the things that divide us now." The chapter on "What We Believe" deals with questions humans have been asking from the beginning of time, including who or what God is, the purpose of life, our spiritual and physical bodies, spiritual growth, life after death, the origin of evil, the truth about the life of Jesus, the purpose behind human history, and the mission Reverend Moon said he was given by Jesus on a North Korean mountainside in 1936 when he was sixteen years old. The purpose of giving this basic understanding is to help make happy individuals and families at a time when so many people feel there is no purpose in life or ability to save this world from destroying itself. Jo Ann also explains the meaning of the "Blessing," which refers to the well-known group wedding ceremonies, a hallmark of the Unification Movement. She was matched by Reverend Moon to a Japanese groom, and they participated in the Blessing ceremony of 2,075 couples in Madison Square Garden, New York, in 1982. ______________________________________________________________________________ Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Jo Ann Crooks grew up in the fifties, sixties, and seventies. Like so many children of that time, she grew up in an alcoholic home as her father (a World War II veteran) tried to deal with the horrors of war by drinking. She also grew up as a Catholic, and her early experiences of faith influenced her decision, as a young adult, to join the Unification Church (Unification Movement) and have helped her to continue in the church for over forty years. She considers herself a "regular" member of the church, not a leader of any kind and a "typical" American. She has two adult children and two cats and currently lives in Tempe, Arizona, a city near Phoenix.

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1645446719

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Beyond Trawlertown

Memory, Life and Legacy in the Wake of the Cod Wars

By: Jo Byrne

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Beyond Trawlertown

Memory, Life and Legacy in the Wake of the Cod Wars

By: Jo Byrne

Beyond Trawlertown takes a journey through the British distant-water fishery and its port-city connections in an era of disruption. In 1976, defeat in the Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars saw the British trawling fleet excluded from their traditional hunting grounds. Combining with wider global factors, the move brought an end to long-established trawling practices, with profound social, economic and cultural repercussions. Through a case study of the port of Hull, oral history and archival research explore the challenges, responses and legacy of rapid change. Although the emphasis is on Hull, this is far from a local history. Hull’s position among the world leading distant-water pioneers gives the story international significance. Focusing on memory, lived experience and place, the book goes beyond established narratives. Personal acts of remembering offer cultural perspectives on how global events and marine policy impact upon the seafaring communities that live with the consequences. The Cod Wars signaled an end, yet amid the disruption there were also new beginnings. And in the wake of an active fishery, the rhythms of the past continue to resonate in the negotiation of fishing heritage within the contemporary city. Through the convergence of time, place and memory, this holistic narrative of interweaving stories reveals the intricacies of our human interaction with the marine environment and the aftermath when its threads are broken.

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Liverpool University Press

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1800855613

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9781800855618

Time's Pendulum

From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and how Our Discoveries Changed the World

By: Jo Ellen Barnett

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Time's Pendulum

From Sundials to Atomic Clocks, the Fascinating History of Timekeeping and how Our Discoveries Changed the World

By: Jo Ellen Barnett

A look at man's attempts to accurately measure time shows how the concept of time has steadily evolved and broadened our perception of the world.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0156006499

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9780156006491

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story behind the Song

The Exclusive Personal Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Songs

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Jo-Ann Geffen

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story behind the Song

The Exclusive Personal Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Songs

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Jo-Ann Geffen

You will get an inside look at the personal stories behind your favorite songs as songwriters get up close and personal with exclusive stories about how and why they wrote them. Songs tell a story, and now popular singers and songwriters are sharing more of the story! These artists reveal the inspiration, influence, and background, and when and why they wrote their most famous songs, in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Story Behind the Song. Includes great photos of the songwriters. The print edition contains the lyrics to all 101 songs, and the eBook includes lyrics to 85 of the songs.

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Simon and Schuster

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1611591430

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The Odysseum

Strange journeys that obliterated convention

By: David Bramwell,Jo Tinsley

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The Odysseum

Strange journeys that obliterated convention

By: David Bramwell,Jo Tinsley

Explore the extraordinary stories behind some of the greatest - and strangest - adventures and explorations in human history.

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Nicholas Brealey

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147368871X

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Wild Things

By: Lonely Planet Kids,Fiona Danks,Jo Schofield

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Wild Things

By: Lonely Planet Kids,Fiona Danks,Jo Schofield

Have you ever wanted to find fairies in the garden, meet a unicorn, ride a dragon or share a picnic with a mermaid? Just because you've never seen these magical creatures doesn't mean they don't exist! The Wild Things of stories and the imagination are everywhere, but they're shy, secretive, sometimes camouflaged and only reveal themselves to true believers. This fantastical guidebook will help you track dragons, create fairy fashions, brew magic potions, build snow unicorns, discover trolls and go on night hunts to capture moon magic. Search forests, meadows, fields, ponds, rivers and the seaside, as well as everyday places like school playgrounds, local parks or among the pots on the patio. You can discover the mysteries of nature all year round and at any time of day or night. So switch your imagination on, use your senses, brush up on your magic skills and take a giant leap into the world of the Wild Things. Activities include: Tracking dragons Creating fairy fashions Brewing magic potions Building snow unicorns Discovering trolls Capturing moon magic Creating secret messages Making a magical spellbook Looking after the natural world Designing a witches' costume Creating your own broomstick Making wild mini worlds Bringing tree monsters to life Leaving trails of monster prints About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore! Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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1788685814

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Our Universe

An Astronomer’s Guide

By: Jo Dunkley

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Our Universe

An Astronomer’s Guide

By: Jo Dunkley

A BBC Sky at Night Best Astronomy and Space Book of the Year “[A] luminous guide to the cosmos...Jo Dunkley swoops from Earth to the observable limits, then explores stellar life cycles, dark matter, cosmic evolution and the soup-to-nuts history of the Universe.” —Nature “A grand tour of space and time, from our nearest planetary neighbors to the edge of the observable Universe...If you feel like refreshing your background knowledge...this little gem certainly won’t disappoint.” —Govert Schilling, BBC Sky at Night Most of us have heard of black holes and supernovas, galaxies and the Big Bang. But few understand more than the bare facts about the universe we call home. What is really out there? How did it all begin? Where are we going? Jo Dunkley begins in Earth’s neighborhood, explaining the nature of the Solar System, the stars in our night sky, and the Milky Way. She traces the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang fourteen billion years ago, past the birth of the Sun and our planets, to today and beyond. She then explains cutting-edge debates about such perplexing phenomena as the accelerating expansion of the universe and the possibility that our universe is only one of many. Our Universe conveys with authority and grace the thrill of scientific discovery and a contagious enthusiasm for the endless wonders of space-time.

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Harvard University Press

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0674986032

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Knowing Woman

Nurturing the Feminine Soul

By: Jo Mills Garceau

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Knowing Woman

Nurturing the Feminine Soul

By: Jo Mills Garceau

You are gifted-but not for yourself. You must help millions of people." Jo Mills Garceau was eight years old when she received this message from her inner soul. Growing up a child of convention, she became a prominent 1970's feminist politician, then found transcendence in spiritual community, and embraced the Divine Feminine. During her search for the true meaning of life, Garceau's soul guided her. She discusses how in Knowing Woman--signs in nature, synchronous events, visions, meditations, speaking in tongues, kundalini, dreams, astrology, and more. Soul messages, she says, are the heart and truth of who we are. In Knowing Woman, Garceau invites you to reflect on your personal journey, find your voice, contribute your gift to the world, and truly embrace the sacred feminine within.

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iUniverse

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0595472699

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Decoding the Heavens

A 2,000-Year-Old Computer - And the Century - Long Search to Discover Its Secrets

By: Jo Marchant

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Decoding the Heavens

A 2,000-Year-Old Computer - And the Century - Long Search to Discover Its Secrets

By: Jo Marchant

In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant tells for the first time the full story of the hundred-year quest to decipher the ancient Greek computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters and explores the deep roots of modern technology in ancient Greece and the medieval European and Islamic worlds. At its heart, this is an epic adventure and mystery, a book that challenges our assumptions about technology through the ages.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459600096

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Christ and Caesar in Modern Korea

A History of Christianity and Politics

By: Wi Jo Kang

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Christ and Caesar in Modern Korea

A History of Christianity and Politics

By: Wi Jo Kang

A well-documented work on the history of modern Korea focusing on the history of Christianity in relation to politics.

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SUNY Press

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0791432475

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Living in Chaos Survival

A Parenting Journey

By: Betty Jo Hilger

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Living in Chaos Survival

A Parenting Journey

By: Betty Jo Hilger

Life is not just sweetness, it is a journey. Mountains and valleys, laughter and tears, when the stresses faced by your child are more than a stage... This is the story of one mother's struggle to adjust to and accept the reality of facing her adopted son's life being challenged by BIPOLAR DISORDER, FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME, and REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER. Then finding that her birth-son's life is being irrevocably changed by the devastation of SCHIZOPHRENIA... It is a story of spiritual struggle and tested faith, as forced to hospitalize her son, she faced the tragedy and torment, the heights of hope, and the depths of despair as she searches to find a meaning, a reason, a knowledge about these diagnoses' and treatments, and a positive end to this disease... Recorded introspection and inspiration in the form of poetry, short stories, and reminiscences... This is the story of: Questioning Life Questioning God Questioning Hope and Questioning the limits of Love...

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Lulu.com

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1411610334

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Developing Visual Literacy in Science, K-8

By: Jo Anne Vasquez

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Developing Visual Literacy in Science, K-8

By: Jo Anne Vasquez

Teaches educators how to help their students develop skills in interpreting photographs, charts, diagrams, figures, labels, and graphic symbols. --from publisher description

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NSTA Press

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1936137585

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Zealot

A book about cults

By: Jo Thornely

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Zealot

A book about cults

By: Jo Thornely

a smart, daring and refreshing book.' - Weekend Australian 'deliciously sinister' - Herald Sun Why would anyone join a cult? Maybe they're unhappy with their current religion, or they want to change the world, or they're disappointed with their lives and want to find something bigger or holier that makes sense of this confusing, chaotic and dangerous world. Or maybe they just want to give themselves the best possible chance of having sex with aliens. Whatever the reason, once people are in, it's usually very difficult for them to leave. Cults have ways of making their followers do loopy, dangerous stuff to prove their loyalty, and in return they get a chance to feel secure within the cult's embrace, with an added bonus of being utterly terrified of the outside world. From the tragic JONESTOWN Kool-Aid drinkers to the Australian cult THE FAMILY to the fiery Waco climax of THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS, this book is a wide-sweeping look at cults around the world, from the host of the popular podcast ZEALOT. 'a piss-taker of rare boldness.' - Weekend Australian

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Hachette Australia

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0733640516

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Nostradamus and Other Prophets and Seers

Prophecies and Secret Knowledge from Ancient Times to the Present Day

By: Jo Durden Smith

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Nostradamus and Other Prophets and Seers

Prophecies and Secret Knowledge from Ancient Times to the Present Day

By: Jo Durden Smith

The ability to see into the future and to accurately predict events has fascinated and yet frightened man for thousands of years. As far back as 4000 BC, the Sumerians consulted sages who would pronounce on important matters and advise on courses of action. In this riveting, illustrated account, the predictions of the most famous sages and seers from the dawn of civilization are looked at in detail. One of the best known of these visionaries was Nostradamus, and indeed his prophecies, in the form of the original cantos, are analyzed in this book. Discover the prophecies that predicted: • The French Revolution • Pearl Harbor • 9/11 • The Iraq War Nostradamus and Other Prophets and Seers examines the role of astrology, alchemy, and arcane knowledge in prophecy. It tries to answer that age-old question of whether there is such a thing as 'secret knowledge', and whether it is possible for mere mortals to access it.

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Arcturus Publishing

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1398824348

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Treasury of Magical Tales From Around the World

By: Donna Jo Napoli

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Treasury of Magical Tales From Around the World

By: Donna Jo Napoli

A flower-spouting princess, gobbling prince, emerald-winged fairy, foolish giants, fearsome ogres, and talking frog and fish are just a few of the captivating characters found in this anthology of beloved stories from 29 places around the world, from the Arctic to Africa to Asia to Australia to Europe to the Americas. Meet a sailor with an ogre wife in a story from China, a young girl who outsmarts giants in a tale from Fiji, a clever rooster seeking its fortune in a tale from Morocco, a music-playing jaguar in a story from Ecuador, and princes turned to statues in a story from Italy. Donna Jo Napoli's powerful storytelling makes these stories fresh and fun, and Christina Balit's dazzling illustrations make this book a true treasure—a very special gift and a must-have for family bookshelves. Complete your National Geographic Treasury collection with these popular titles: Treasury of Greek Mythology Treasury of Egyptian Mythology Treasury of Norse Mythology Tales from the Arabian Nights Treasury of Bible Stories

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Disney Electronic Content

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1426374542

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9781426374548

Critical Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Literary Reference to His Life and Work

By: Mary Jo Tate

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Critical Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Literary Reference to His Life and Work

By: Mary Jo Tate

The Great Gatsby and its criticism of American society during the 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald claimed the distinction of writing what many consider to be the "great American novel." Critical Companion to F.

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1438108451

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A Supplementary English Glossary

By: J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps,Thomas Lewis Owen Davies

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A Supplementary English Glossary

By: J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps,Thomas Lewis Owen Davies

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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336886310X

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Wedding Day Kittens

By: Jo Ann Ferguson,Alice Holden,Melynda Beth Skinner

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Wedding Day Kittens

By: Jo Ann Ferguson,Alice Holden,Melynda Beth Skinner

Three beloved Regency authors deliver a charming collection of stories in which kittens lead the way to whimsy, whispered words, and wedding bells. Original.

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0821778439

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Sigils & Spells

A Limited Edition Collection of Magical Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Tales

By: Gina Kincade,C.D. Gorri,Ariel Dawn,Erzabet Bishop,Cara North,Pepper McGraw,Lulu M. Sylvian,Jo-Ann Carson,Andra Dill,Sassa Daniels,Z.Z. Warlander,Rebekah Lewis,Tera Lyn Cortez,Rebekah R. Ganiere,Margo Bond Collins

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Sigils & Spells

A Limited Edition Collection of Magical Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Tales

Time to claim your magic... Discover enchanting tales of fantastical feats with tantalizing heroes and bold heroines you won't soon forget. Filled to the brim with evocative paranormal romance and urban fantasy tales of powers untold and swoon-worthy fated mates, its time to seize the ability to take a voyage between the pages of this unique limited edition collection and discover worlds inhabited by witches & wizards, mages, shifters, vampires, demons, dragons, fae, and more. Featuring books by some of your favorite USA Today bestselling and award-winning authors together in one enormous anthology for the first time! Snag yours before time runs out!

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1773574345

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Everyday Physics

Unusual insights into familiar things

By: Jo Hermans

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Everyday Physics

Unusual insights into familiar things

By: Jo Hermans

Fascinating, fun and friendly, this physics book is perfect for anyone with a healthy dose of curiosity. How can you tell where a sound is coming from? What is the human energy equivalent of a vacuum cleaner? How does GPS work? Why do eggs explode in the microwave? Is there a vacuum inside double-glazed windows? Can you get less wet by cycling faster? With clear explanations and hundreds of colourful photos and diagrams, Everyday Physics is an engaging physics book accessible for all ages. You can read this brilliant book in whatever order you want, dipping in and out of the different sections. Based on Hermans' Everyday physics lecture series, it combines deep physical insights with back-of-the-envelope calculations, relating abstract physics concepts to the real world, often in a surprising way. Everyday Physics also features lots of intriguing home experiments to further demonstrate the explanations. Most of these can be done using simple items from the kitchen, such as using a glass of water, a torch, and a few drops of milk to understand why the sky is blue and the setting sun red. If you want to dig a bit deeper, there are extra resources in the shaded boxes throughout. Whether you're a parent, grandparent, college student or just have a healthy interest in the world around you, this book will bring the magic of physics to your everyday life. Once you discover the beauty of science, ordinary things will become extraordinary.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1906860823

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9781906860820

Bluestar

By: Sammy Jo Pendergrast

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Bluestar

By: Sammy Jo Pendergrast

Bluestar By: Sammy Jo Pendergrast In a galaxy of turmoil after the end of the Great Civil War and the royal Nightstar family’s reign, an orphan thief finds himself stealing from Lord Brohain, ruler of the galaxy and Androids. Jase Bluestar soon finds himself aiding one of the last Nightstar Princesses in order for her to escape Lord Brohain’s revenge and return to the Resistance. Traveling to different planets and meeting unlikely friends, Jase Bluestar realizes that a mere thief can have a bigger destiny than one can imagine.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1646107640

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9781646107643

Sankaran Is Again on the Coconut Tree

By: Jo Nambiar

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Sankaran Is Again on the Coconut Tree

By: Jo Nambiar

Kerala is a destination on the world tourist map. It is often referred to as Gods Own Country. The place has been visited by foreigners from all over the globe for five thousand years at least. To give an insight into the mysteries of this place and events that occurred over many, many years, Sankaran, an immortal, takes the reader through very gripping, thrilling, and thought-provoking situations and, in the process, demystifies the Malayalee.

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Partridge Publishing

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1482886847

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9781482886849

Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination

The Harmony of Forms

By: Jo Gill

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Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination

The Harmony of Forms

By: Jo Gill

Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination: The Harmony of Forms assesses the relationship between architectural and poetic innovation in the United States across the twentieth century. Taking the work of five key poets as case studies and drawing on the work of a rich range of other writers, architects, artists, and commentators, this study proposes that by examining the sustained and productive—if hitherto overlooked—engagement between the two disciplines, we enrich our understanding of the complexity and interrelationship of both. The book begins by tracing the rise of what was conceived of as 'modern' (and often 'international style') architecture and by showing how poetry and architecture in the early decades of the century developed in dialogue, and within a shared, and often transnational, context. It then moves on to examine the material, aesthetic, and social conditions that helped shape both disciplines, offering new readings of familiar poems and bringing other pertinent resources to light. It considers the uses to which poets of the period put the insights of architecture—and vice versa. In closing, Gill turns to modern and contemporary architects' written accounts of their own practice, in memoirs and other commentaries, and examines how they have assimilated, or resisted, the practice and vision of poetry.

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Oxford University Press

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0192638815

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9780192638816

Moonchild

By: Jo Lee

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Moonchild

By: Jo Lee

★★The Epic Fantasy Adventure★★ Seven-year-old Luna is encouraged by her adoptive Aunt Maple to hide her unusual traits, especially as Luna is about to be taken, along with other children, to the Institution run by the tyrannical Archons; a Secret Society of otherworldly beings. There her true nature as the Moonchild is discovered, leading to terrible danger from which she escapes through a magical fireplace to another world. Pursued by Archons in this strange, fantastical world, Luna is rescued by pirate captain Harry Paye and his crew. From them, she learns that her destiny is to return the Moonstone to Crystal Mountain before the approaching prophesied eclipse (Doomsday for both worlds). Facing many obstacles and dangers, Luna, aging by the day, perseveres, making friends along the way due to her kindness and compassion, but can she find and replace the Moonstone? And what secrets might she uncover as she pursues her quest? This fantasy adventure is perfect for Middle Grade – Young Adults.

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Oculus Publications

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1638775524

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9781638775522

Kids' TV Grows Up

The Path from Howdy Doody to SpongeBob

By: Jo Holz

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Kids' TV Grows Up

The Path from Howdy Doody to SpongeBob

By: Jo Holz

In the early days of television, suburban families welcomed TV into their homes as an electronic babysitter that would also teach their children about the world. Children's programming soon came to play a key role in the development of mass culture, promoting the shared interests, norms and vocabulary through which children interact with peers and define themselves as a cohort. This social history examines the forces driving the development of children's television in the U.S., from its inception to the present. Analyses of iconic programs reveal how they influenced our concept of childhood.

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McFarland

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1476630607

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9781476630601

Magnet Memories - The Story of a Secret Series 1977-1987

By: Nick Goodman,Jo Bunsell

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Magnet Memories - The Story of a Secret Series 1977-1987

By: Nick Goodman,Jo Bunsell

The TV series that was never made and that youÕve never heard of celebrates its 40th year with an exhaustive retrospective guide! Growing from a child's game, the bizarrely-titled The Magnet Editor ran for ten years and a breathtaking 47 series. In bringing the series to life, Nick Goodman drew from 70s pop culture including Doctor Who and The New Avengers, and shared it only with his bewildered mother and childhood friends. Jo Bunsell was one such friend and soon the pair would be transported into a shared universe of preposterous Ð and badly designed Ð monsters and non-stop adventure with their extraordinary and strangely-named hero, Cabin Relese. Goodman and Bunsell open up their archive of materials and memories, and take you on a roller-coaster ride into their world! Magnet Memories is an episode guide, a frank, critical, incredulous and nostalgic reflection, a snapshot of childhood in the 70s and 80s... and it's possibly the most wonderfully bonkers cult TV book ever published!

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Lulu.com

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0244073686

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9780244073688

We are Australian (B/W)

By: Linda Brooks,Gail Hennessy,Jo Tregellis,Victoria Norton

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We are Australian (B/W)

By: Linda Brooks,Gail Hennessy,Jo Tregellis,Victoria Norton

You know us. We are your cousin Alice, who tells the story of Nanna's funeral; of how all the cars followed Uncle George in the wrong direction, while a priest stood by the grave, waiting to conduct the burial. We are your dad, who you visit on warm summer nights, and he talks about the old days; when he met mum; when he worked in the cane fields. We are the migrant family next door, who laugh till they cry, telling of how, when they arrived in the fifties, they went to the milk bar for a gelati. The owner just kept saying "Gilleti" and offering them razor blades. We are the Vietnamese mother who tells you one day how she came to Australia. She quietly talks of three weeks at sea in a small boat, crammed in with twenty others, knees to chest, cold, wet and hungry. We are anyone who has lived in Australia. Often, our stories will be your stories; but some will be strange, different; some will be funny and others will bring tears. We are the story tellers who started with memories that turned into stories. We wrote them down, and learned the frustration when the words wouldn't come; and experienced that magical moment when the words took over, and the story wrote itself. We became authors. Now here we are. These are our stories; our country's living history.

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Linda Ruth Brooks

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1461191203

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9781461191209

My Real Children

By: Jo Walton

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My Real Children

By: Jo Walton

As an elderly woman in 2015, Patricia Cowan reflects on both her lives, one as Pat and the other as Tricia, as the decisions she made in her life provide two drastically different experiences

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Macmillan

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0765332655

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The World Beyond Europe in the Romance Epics of Boiardo and Ariosto

By: Jo Ann Cavallo

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The World Beyond Europe in the Romance Epics of Boiardo and Ariosto

By: Jo Ann Cavallo

“This articulate, engaging, and well-documented study represents an important work of scholarship in its cross-cultural considerations of Italian Renaissance epic poetry.” Prize Committtee Citation, MLA Scaglione Priize for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies

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University of Toronto Press

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1442646837

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9781442646834

The Evolution of Earth's Climate

By: J. O. Robertson,G. V. Chilingar,O. G. Sorokhtin,N. O. Sorokhtin,W. Long

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The Evolution of Earth's Climate

By: J. O. Robertson,G. V. Chilingar,O. G. Sorokhtin,N. O. Sorokhtin,W. Long

Written by a group of the most experienced and well-known environmental engineers in the world, from a unique perspective, this volume explores the hot-button issue of climate change, its causes, and the future of the planet. Climate change is one of the most controversial and argued issues in the world today, and it has been for years. It has been politicized by politicians on all sides, some scientists have used the study of it for their own material gain above true scientific discovery, and some scientific theories surrounding it have been believed even though proven false. But there is not, by any means, complete agreement among all scientists throughout the world on this issue. Written by two of the world's most well-respected environmental and petroleum engineers, this book is meant to be one voice in the scientific literature on this important subject. Other books, also available from Wiley-Scrivener, take the opposite stance, but it is important, in our scientific journey, to listen to all voices and rely on facts, rather than opinions. We trust the reader to make his or her decisions based on all of the facts, and not just some of them.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119407141

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9781119407140

Creating Writers in the Primary Classroom

Practical Approaches to Inspire Teachers and their Pupils

By: Miles Tandy,Jo Howell

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Creating Writers in the Primary Classroom

Practical Approaches to Inspire Teachers and their Pupils

By: Miles Tandy,Jo Howell

Teachers in English schools have now had ten years of prescriptive national literacy strategies and it is time for a new approach. This book encourages children from their early years to think of themselves as writers who have something to write and know how to write it. Creating Writers in the Primary Classroom offers an exciting and refreshing approach to teaching writing in the primary school with very practical suggestions to help build a community of writers in your school where everyone writes and loves writing. Building on the research of recent years and with whole-curriculum provision, it shows teachers how to actively engage children in the writing process, excite them about what they can achieve and help all children to think of themselves as writers. The book begins with a clear analysis of what real writers really need and has chapters on working outdoors, using the very best of children’s literature, drama and imaginative play, as well as sounds and images. It also features a chapter on practical, productive planning, including two case studies that show the approaches in use at schools. Creating Writers in the Primary Classroom is packed with practical advice, games and strategies for the classroom based on the authors’ successful experience as teachers and in-service providers. These new approaches will enable teachers to get their children up and moving, experiencing what writers experience, feeling what writers feel and, most important of all, writing how writers write.

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Routledge

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113405484X

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9781134054848

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